Consultant (Gender Integration and Training of Trainers for Two Agriculture Services Academy Courses)

CABI is seeking an experienced consultant to support the Agriculture Services Academy, Peshawar (ASAP) in integrating gender equality and social inclusion (GEI) into two key diploma courses: Rural Sociology I & II and Agriculture Extension I & II. These courses are critical for training front-line extension staff in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, where women’s contributions to agriculture are often overlooked. The consultant will review course content, learning outcomes, activities, and assessments to embed gender-sensitive approaches, drawing on resources from the CABI Academy’s online platform. The role includes validating revisions through workshops and delivering a training-of-trainers (TOT) program to ensure sustainable adoption of the updated curricula.

Key Responsibilities
- Conduct an inception phase involving coordination with CABI, ASAP leadership, and course instructors to finalize work plans, review frameworks, and resource inventories.
- Perform a detailed gender review of the selected courses, analyzing learning materials, examples, and assessments against a GEI checklist, and mapping real gender roles in the local agricultural context.
- Identify gaps and propose practical, evidence-based revisions that integrate gender equality without compromising technical rigor or course length.
- Draft revised course materials, including updated learning outcomes, content, case studies, activities, assessments, and instructor guidance notes aligned with university requirements.
- Facilitate a one-day validation workshop with ASAP stakeholders to review and approve recommended changes.
- Design and deliver a three-day TOT workshop for instructors, management, and examination staff, covering GEI concepts, revised content, inclusive teaching methods, and assessment strategies.
- Administer pre- and post-training evaluations and produce comprehensive reports documenting the review process, workshop outcomes, TOT results, and recommendations for future course integration and monitoring.
- Maintain close communication with CABI project leads, ASAP Principal, instructors, and the CABI Academy team throughout the assignment, providing regular progress updates.

Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Public Administration, Gender Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field.
- Minimum 15 years of professional experience in gender mainstreaming and women’s economic empowerment within Pakistan, with proven work in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other provinces.
- Demonstrated expertise in integrating gender into curricula, training modules, or learning materials for government, academic, or development organizations, supported by at least three relevant assignments.
- Strong instructional design skills, including developing learning outcomes, course content, assessments, and trainer guides, alongside experience delivering training-of-trainer programs.
- Proven facilitation skills for conducting validation and consultation workshops involving senior government officials and academic faculty.
- Deep understanding of Pakistan’s agricultural extension system and rural gender dynamics, with fluency in English and Urdu; Pashto language skills are an advantage.
- Ability to collaborate respectfully with technical experts and integrate gender perspectives without diluting subject matter quality.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
- Formal trainer certification is advantageous.
- Experience working with online learning platforms and adapting digital training resources.
- Opportunity to contribute to a replicable model for gender integration in agricultural education, influencing future cohorts and potentially expanding to other courses such as Livestock Extension.
- Travel expenses for field visits, workshops, and training sessions will be covered separately by CABI.
- The assignment spans approximately 28 working days over three months, concluding by December 2026, with deliverables tied to milestone payments.

This role offers a unique chance to shape gender-responsive agricultural education in a key region of Pakistan, supporting women farmers’ visibility and empowerment through enhanced training of extension professionals.